US11971012B2 - Tower section arrangement for a guyed tower of a wind turbine, guyed wind turbine tower, wind turbine and method for assembling a wind turbine - Google Patents
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- the following relates to a tower section arrangement for a guyed tower of a wind turbine, a guyed wind turbine tower, a wind turbine and a method for assembling a wind turbine.
- Wind turbine towers are subject to various loads such as static loads from the weight of the nacelle and the tower itself, and dynamic loads for example arising from the rotor thrust and from spatially uneven and temporally unsteady oncoming wind. Further, wind turbine towers being tall thin structures are generally susceptible to vibrations. Therefore, resonance induced-loads due to excitations near the eigenfrequency of the tower can play an important role.
- the structural strength and rigidity of a wind turbine tower can be increased by designing it as a guyed tower using stay cables.
- the stay cables are conventionally anchored at the inner surface of the wind turbine tower wall.
- internal attachment means occupy space inside the tower which might be required for other elements, such as a ladder, an elevator, electrical cables and platforms. Further, an extra platform is required to access the internal attachment means.
- An aspect relates to an improved tower section arrangement for a guyed tower of a wind turbine. Furthermore, it is an aspect of embodiments of the present invention to provide an improved guyed wind turbine tower and an improved wind turbine. A further aspect of embodiments of the present invention is to provide an improved method for assembling a wind turbine.
- a tower section arrangement for a guyed tower of a wind turbine comprises:
- connection means do not occupy space inside the tower which is needed for other equipment.
- stay cables By arranging the stay cables such that the angle between each stay cable and the tangent to the outer circumference at the respective bracket has, in a top view of the erected wind turbine, a value of 90°, fewer stay cables are required to support the tower. For example, three stay cables could be sufficient to provide the required structural strength of the tower. Having less stay cables, the area around the tower is less crowded allowing an easier access to the tower and easier maintenance of the tower.
- a wind turbine is an apparatus to convert the wind's kinetic energy into electrical energy.
- the wind turbine comprises, for example, a rotor having one or more blades, a nacelle comprising a generator and a tower holding, at its top end, the nacelle.
- the tower of the wind turbine is connected to a foundation of the wind turbine.
- the wind turbine is, for example, an onshore wind turbine.
- the tower has, for example a height of 120-180 meter or more.
- the tower is, in particular, a guyed wind turbine tower comprising the stay cables.
- the stay cables support the structural rigidity and stiffness of the tower.
- the stay cables ensure the stability of the tower with respect to fatigue loads and extreme loads.
- the stay cables ensure the stability of the tower with respect to dynamic events caused by wind.
- the tower comprises, for example, several tower sections bolted to each other at tower section flanges.
- the tower section at which the stay cables are anchored by the brackets is, for example, a tower section of an upper half of the tower.
- the tower section at which the stay cables are anchored by the brackets is, for example, a short tower section which can be transported vertically. Its height is, for example, smaller than its diameter. It has, for example, a height of 1.5-3 meters. However, it may also have a different height.
- the stay cables may, for example, be attached to the tower section when the tower section is vertically standing on the ground, e.g., at the erection site.
- the wall of the tower section is, in particular, an outer wall of the tower section.
- the at least two brackets are attached to the outer surface of the wall at different locations on its circumference.
- the different locations are, in particular, spaced apart from each other on the circumference in even intervals.
- the at least two stay cables connected to the brackets are, in particular, arranged evenly spaced around the tower section and the tower. This is advantageous as stay cables provide only tensile force but no compression force.
- the stay cables are structural members with high resistance to tensile stresses.
- the stay cables are made for example, from metal, in particular steel, e.g., high strength steel.
- Each stay cables includes, for example, one or more strands of stranded wires.
- Each stay cable includes, for example, a cable core.
- Each stay cable includes, for example, a coating.
- An angle of 90° between each stay cable and a tangent to the outer circumference at the respective bracket is to be understood as an angle of approximately 90°. That means it includes values around 90°, for example values in the range of exactly 80° to exactly 100°, exactly 85° to exactly 95° and/or exactly 88° to exactly 92°.
- the cable foundations are made, for example, from concrete. They are, for example, buried in the ground.
- the stay cables are, for example, connected to the cable foundations by connecting means, the connecting means being partly embedded in concrete.
- the at least two brackets are attached to the outer surface of the wall by bolts.
- brackets for the stay cables can be easily attached to the outer wall surface of the tower section.
- the brackets may, for example, be attached by bolts to the tower wall of the tower section after transporting the tower section to an erection site of the wind turbine. This allows an easier transportation of the tower section as the tower section without the brackets has a smaller diameter than the tower section with the brackets.
- each bracket extends by about 0.5-1 meter from the tower section wall. In this example, the tower section without the brackets would be by about 1-2 meters smaller than the tower section with the brackets attached.
- the brackets include, in particular several through holes for receiving the bolts.
- the tower section arrangement comprises attachment means welded to the outer surface of the wall, wherein the at least two brackets are bolted to the attachment means.
- the attachment means welded to the outer surface include, for example, small vertical, circumferential and/or partly circumferential plates with through holes to receive the bolts.
- the attachment means may, for example, include a ring embracing the outer circumference of the tower section.
- the tower section wall includes wall through holes, and the at least two brackets are bolted to the outer surface of the wall by bolts inserted through the wall through holes.
- brackets can be directly bolted to the wall of the tower section.
- the brackets can, for example, be bolted to the tower section when the tower section is still on the ground.
- the bolts are, for example, secured with nuts.
- the at least two brackets are welded to the outer surface of the wall.
- This provides an alternative attachment with respect to bolts. It may, for example, be applied in cases in which the transportation of a large diameter tower section is less problematic. This may, for example, be the case when the tower section is transported by ship to an erection site that is close to the sea shore, or when the tower section is transported overland in a country with less severe restrictions with respect to the size of a transported object.
- each of the at least two brackets comprises a plate-like structure.
- Each of the plate-like structures is arranged, in a top view of the erected wind turbine, at an angle of 90° with respect to the tangent to the outer circumference at the respective plate-like structure.
- each of the plate-like structures comprises a bracket through hole in a direction parallel to the tangent.
- each of the bracket through holes is configured for connection with the first end of the respective stay cable.
- Each of the plate-like structures is, in particular, arranged, in a top view of the vertical tower section, at an angle of 90° with respect to the tangent to the outer circumference at the respective plate-like structure.
- each of the at least two stay cables is connected at its first end with a clevis having two clevis through holes.
- Each clevis is arranged such that its two clevis through holes and the respective bracket through hole are aligned with each other.
- each of the at least two stay cables is connected to one of the brackets by a pin being inserted through the respective two clevis through holes and the respective bracket through hole.
- each stay cable connected to the respective bracket by a clevis and a pin allows rotation of the stay cable around an axis defined by the pin before connecting the respective stay cable to its cable foundation.
- it allows rotation around an axis parallel to the tangent to the outer circumference of the tower section wall at the respective bracket. Therefore, it is possible to correct small angle deviations prior to connecting a stay cable to its cable foundation.
- the clevis-and-pin connection restricts rotation of the stay cable in other directions.
- the tower section comprises one or more reinforcement elements at an inner surface of the tower section wall and opposite the at least two brackets attached at the outer surface of the tower section wall.
- the tower section wall is reinforced in a region where the tensile force of the stay cables affects the tower section wall.
- the tower section arrangement comprises:
- brackets attached to the outer surface of the tower section wall and arranged at intervals corresponding to angels of 120° along its circumference.
- the tower section arrangement may also comprise, for example, four stay cables and four brackets, wherein the four brackets are attached to the outer surface of the wall and arranged at intervals of 90° along its circumference.
- a wind turbine tower is provided.
- the wind turbine tower is configured for being guyed by stay cables.
- the tower comprises a tower section arrangement as described above.
- a wind turbine comprises a guyed tower as described above, and at least two cable foundations. Furthermore, each of at least two stay cables of a tower section arrangement of the tower is connected at its first end to a bracket of a tower section of the tower section arrangement, and is connected at its second end to one of the cable foundations. In addition, each of the at least two stay cables is guyed between the respective bracket and the respective cable foundation. Furthermore, an angle between each stay cable and a tangent to an outer circumference of a tower section wall at the respective bracket has, in a top view of the erected wind turbine, a value of 90°.
- a method for assembling a wind turbine comprises the steps of:
- the stay cables are attached to the tower section via the brackets before lifting the tower section up to connect the tower section with a further already erected tower section.
- the stay cables can be easier connected to the tower section.
- the stay cables may, for example, be attached to the brackets of the tower section at an erection site of the wind turbine.
- the stay cables may, for example, be attached to the brackets when the tower section is in a vertical position on the ground.
- the method includes, before step a), the step of attaching the at least two brackets to the tower section at an erection site of the wind turbine.
- the tower section can be transported to the erection site without the brackets.
- the method includes, after step c), the step of connecting each of the at least two stay cables to a cable foundation.
- the method includes, the step of tensioning the at least two stay cables.
- FIG. 1 shows a wind turbine according to an embodiment
- FIG. 2 shows a partial cross-section view of a tower section arrangement of the wind turbine of FIG. 1 according to a first embodiment
- FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of a bracket of the tower section arrangement of FIG. 2 ;
- FIG. 4 shows a schematic top view of the tower section arrangement of FIG. 2 ;
- FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of a clevis-and-pin connection of a stay cable and a bracket of the tower section arrangement of FIG. 2 ;
- FIG. 6 shows a partial cross-section view of a tower section arrangement of the wind turbine of FIG. 1 according to a second embodiment
- FIG. 7 shows a perspective view of a bracket of the tower section arrangement of FIG. 6 ;
- FIG. 8 shows a partial cross-section view of a tower section arrangement of the wind turbine of FIG. 1 according to a third embodiment
- FIG. 9 shows a perspective view of a bracket of the tower section arrangement of FIG. 8 ;
- FIG. 10 illustrates a method for assembling the wind turbine of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 11 shows a flowchart illustrating the method for assembling the wind turbine of FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 1 shows a wind turbine 1 according to an embodiment.
- the wind turbine 1 comprises a rotor 2 having, for example, three rotor blades 3 .
- the rotor blades 3 are connected to a hub 4 of the wind turbine 1 .
- the rotor 2 is connected to a generator (not shown) arranged inside a nacelle 5 .
- the nacelle 5 is arranged at the upper end of a tower 6 of the wind turbine 1 .
- the nacelle 5 is connected to the tower 6 , for example by a yaw bearing (not shown) such that the nacelle 5 can rotate relative to the tower 6 .
- the tower 6 is, for example, erected on a monopile 7 driven into the ground.
- the wind turbine 1 is, in particular, an onshore wind turbine.
- the wind turbine 1 converts the wind's kinetic energy into electrical energy.
- the higher the hub 4 i.e. the higher the tower 6 , the more electrical energy can be generated with a wind turbine at a given wind harvesting site.
- the tower 6 has, for example, a height of 120-180 meters.
- the tower 6 comprises, for example, several tower sections such as the tower sections 8 , 9 , 10 shown schematically in FIG. 1 .
- the tower 6 is a guyed tower comprising stay cables 11 .
- Each stay cable 11 is tethered between the tower section 9 and a respective cable foundation 12 .
- the cable foundations 12 include, for example, concrete blocks buried in the ground.
- the stay cables 11 are connected to the tower section 9 as described in the following.
- FIG. 2 shows a first embodiment of a tower section arrangement 13 .
- the tower section arrangement 13 comprises the tower section 9 , the stay cables 11 and brackets 14 .
- the tower section arrangement 13 comprises, for example, three stay cables 11 and three brackets 14 .
- the brackets 14 of the first embodiment are welded to an outer surface 15 of a wall 16 of the tower section 9 .
- Each bracket 14 comprises a bracket through hole 17 for connection with a respective stay cable 11 .
- the tower section 9 further comprises reinforcement elements 18 such as reinforcement circumferential rings at an inner surface 19 of the tower section wall 16 .
- FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of one of the brackets 14 of the first embodiment.
- the bracket 14 includes a plate-like structure 20 and several cross members 21 .
- the plate-like structure 20 comprises the bracket through hole 17 .
- each bracket 14 is arranged, in a top view of the vertical tower section 9 (i.e. in a top view of the erected wind turbine 1 ), at an angle ⁇ of 90° with respect to a tangent 22 to the outer circumference 23 at the respective plate-like structure 20 .
- each of the bracket through holes 17 is arranged in a direction parallel to the tangent 22 ( FIG. 4 ).
- the tower section arrangement 13 comprises three brackets 14 attached to the outer surface 15 at different locations A, B, C on its circumference 23 .
- the brackets 14 are arranged at even intervals corresponding to angles ⁇ of 120° along its circumference 23 .
- each bracket 14 ( FIG. 3 ) are formed such that they adapt to the curvature of the outer circumference 23 of the tower section wall 16 ( FIG. 4 ).
- Each stay cable 11 is connected at its first end 24 to one of the brackets 14 ( FIGS. 1 , 2 ), and is connected at its second end 25 to one of the cable foundations 12 ( FIG. 1 ).
- each stay cable 11 is connected at its first end 24 to the respective bracket 14 , for example, by a clevis 26 and a pin 27 and pin retainer 28 .
- the clevis 26 is fixed to the first end 24 of the stay cable 11 by a flange tube 29 and an anchor block 30 .
- the clevis 26 has a U-shaped portion 31 comprising two legs 32 .
- Each leg 32 comprises a through hole 33 (in FIG. 5 only one of the two through holes 33 is visible).
- Each clevis 26 is arranged such that its two clevis through holes 33 and the respective bracket through hole 17 ( FIG. 2 ) are aligned with each other. Further, the pin 27 is inserted through the aligned two clevis through holes 33 and the bracket through hole 17 ( FIG. 5 ). The pin 27 is secured with the pin retainer 28 . The connection of the stay cable 11 and the bracket 14 by the clevis 26 and the pin 27 allows rotation of the stay cable 11 in a direction D ( FIG. 5 ) before the stay cable 11 is fixed at its other end 25 to the cable foundation 12 ( FIG. 1 ).
- FIG. 6 shows a second embodiment of a tower section arrangement 113 .
- the tower section arrangement 113 comprises a tower section 109 , stay cables 11 and brackets 114 .
- the tower section arrangement 113 comprises, for example, three stay cables 11 and three brackets 114 .
- the brackets 114 of the second embodiment are bolted to an outer surface 115 of a wall 116 of the tower section 109 .
- Each bracket 114 comprises a bracket through hole 117 for connection with a respective stay cable 11 .
- the stay cables 11 are, for example, connected to the through hole 117 by a clevis-and-pin system similar as shown in FIG. 5 .
- the tower section 109 may further comprise reinforcement elements 118 at an inner surface 119 of the tower section wall 116 similar to the reinforcement elements 18 according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 7 shows a perspective view of one of the brackets 114 of the second embodiment.
- Each bracket 114 includes a plate-like structure 120 having the bracket through hole 117 .
- the bracket 114 further includes several cross members 121 and a back plate 34 .
- the plate-like structure 120 of the second embodiment is arranged similar as the plate-like structure 20 of the first embodiment with respect to the angle ⁇ of 90° relative to the tangent 22 , as shown in FIG. 4 .
- the back plate 34 comprises several thorough holes 35 ( FIG. 7 ) for a bolt connection with the wall 116 of the tower section 109 ( FIG. 6 ). Some of the through holes 35 of the back plate 34 are denoted with a reference sign in FIG. 7 . Further, the tower section wall 116 comprises several wall through holes 36 . The bracket 114 is bolted to the wall 116 by bolts 37 inserted in the respective through holes 35 of the bracket 114 and the wall through holes 36 of the wall 116 .
- FIG. 8 shows a third embodiment of a tower section arrangement 213 .
- the tower section arrangement 213 comprises a tower section 209 , stay cables 11 and brackets 214 .
- the tower section arrangement 213 comprises, for example, three stay cables 11 and three brackets 214 .
- the brackets 214 of the third embodiment are bolted to an outer surface 215 of a wall 216 of the tower section 209 .
- Each bracket 214 comprises a bracket through hole 217 for connection with a respective stay cable 11 .
- the stay cables 11 are, for example, connected to the through hole 217 by a clevis-and-pin system similar as shown in FIG. 5 .
- the tower section 209 may further comprise reinforcement elements (not shown) at an inner surface 219 of the tower section wall 216 similar to the reinforcement elements 18 according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 9 shows a perspective view of one of the brackets 214 of the third embodiment.
- Each bracket 214 includes a plate-like structure 220 having the bracket through hole 217 .
- the plate-like structure 220 of the third embodiment is arranged similar as the plate-like structure 20 of the first embodiment with respect to the angle ⁇ of 90° relative to the tangent 22 , as shown in FIG. 4 .
- the bracket 214 further includes several cross members 221 having through holes 38 . Furthermore, the plate-like structure 220 also includes several through holes 39 . Some of the through holes 38 and 39 are denoted with a reference sign in FIG. 9 . The through holes 38 and 39 are configured for a bolt connection with attachment means 40 , 41 welded to the wall 216 of the tower section 209 ( FIG. 8 ).
- the attachment means 40 include, for example, one or more vertical plates with through holes 42 .
- the attachment means 40 are bolted to the plate-like structure 220 of the bracket 214 by bolts 43 inserted in the through holes 42 and 39 .
- the attachment means 41 include, for example, one or more circumferential rings or partial circumferential rings.
- the attachment means 41 are bolted by bolts 44 to the cross members 221 ( FIG. 9 ).
- step S 1 of the method the tower section 9 , 109 , 209 is transported by a vehicle 45 to an erection site of the wind turbine 1 , as shown in FIG. 10 .
- the tower section 9 , 109 , 209 already comprises the brackets 14 , 114 , 214 prior to transportation.
- the tower section 9 , 109 , 209 might be transported without the brackets 14 , 114 , 214 to the erection site.
- the brackets 14 , 114 , 214 are attached to the tower section 9 , 109 , 209 at the erection site.
- step S 2 of the method the stay cables 11 are connected at their first end 24 to the brackets 14 , 114 , 214 when the tower section 9 , 109 , 209 is in a vertical position, as shown in FIG. 10 .
- step S 3 of the method the tower section arrangement 13 , 113 , 213 (i.e. the tower section 9 , 109 , 209 , the brackets 14 , 114 , 214 and the stay cables 11 ) is lifted by a crane 46 onto a further already erected tower section 8 .
- step S 4 of the method each of the stay cables 11 is connected to a cable foundation 12 ( FIG. 1 ).
- step S 5 of the method each of the stay cables 11 is tensioned between the respective bracket 14 , 114 , 214 and cable foundation 12 .
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- a tower section including a wall having an outer surface with a circumference,
- at least two brackets attached to the outer surface of the wall at different locations on its circumference, and
- at least two stay cables,
- wherein each stay cable is connected at its first end to one of the brackets and is configured for connection at its second end to a cable foundation, and
- wherein an angle between each stay cable and a tangent to the outer circumference at the respective bracket has, in a top view of the erected wind turbine, a value of 90° when the respective stay cable is guyed.
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- a) providing a tower section, the tower section including a at least two brackets attached to an outer surface of a tower section wall and at different locations on its circumference,
- b) connecting at least two stay cables to the at least two brackets, and
- c) lifting the tower section with the attached stay cables onto a further already erected tower section.
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